Message of 9-16-08
Published: Sun, 09/14/08
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Silent love knows much in effortless pleasure.
How little the body knows what love does in stillness!
- Mechthild of Magdeburg, "The Flowing Light of the Godhead"
(We do not need to know what God is doing in the silence of our
hearts. Trust!)
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a; Ps 100; Lk 7:31-35
R. (3) We are his people: the sheep of his flock.
Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
Know that the LORD is God;
he made us, his we are;
his people, the flock he tends.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
his courts with praise;
Give thanks to him; bless his name.
For he is good, the LORD,
whose kindness endures forever,
and his faithfulness, to all generations.
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GOSPEL MEDITATION
- from http://www.dailyscripture.net/
Jesus is Lord not only of the living but of the dead as well. Jesus
triumphed over the grave and he promises that because he lives (and
will never die again), we also shall have abundant life with and in
him both now and forever (John 14:19). Do you trust in the Lord
Jesus to give you abundant life and everlasting hope in the face of
life's trials, misfortunes, and moments of despair?
"Lord Jesus, your presence brings life and restores us to wholeness
of mind, body, and spirit. Speak your word to me and give me
renewed hope, strength and courage to follow you in all things and
to eagerly serve others with a glad and generous heart."
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PRAYING WITH SCRIPTURE (Ignatian Method)
A. Preparation: acts of faith and reverence in the presence of God;
asking grace of a good meditation; petition for specific graces
sought in meditation.
B. Reading the Scriptures slowly, prayerfully.
C. Exercise of the memory, imagination, and intellect:
consideration of the material.. What practical applications are
suggested?
D. Expression of feelings and sentiments awakened in meditation.
Conversation with God.
E. Exercise of will and imagination in making resolutions. Prayer
for grace to fulfill resolutions.
F. Vocal prayer (Our Father, Hail Mary, other prayers).
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NOTES FROM A CLASSICAL WORK
"Sayings of Light and Love," by St. John of the Cross (jottings
from his notebooks)
78. If you desire that devotion be born in your spirit and that the
love of God and the desire for divine things increase, cleanse your
soul of every desire, attachment, and ambition in such a way that
you have no concern about anything. Just as a sick person is
immediately aware of good health once the bad humor has been thrown
off and a desire to eat is felt, so will you recover your health,
in God, if you cure yourself as was said. Without doing this, you
will not advance no matter how much you do.
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